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Control Shockwave or Flash
Use the Control Shockwave or Flash action to play, stop, rewind, or go to a frame
in a Macromedia Shockwave or Macromedia Flash movie.
To use the Control Shockwave or Flash action:
1
Choose Insert > Media > Shockwave or Insert > Media > Flash to insert a
Shockwave or Flash movie, respectively.
2
Choose Window > Properties and enter a name for the movie in the upper
leftmost field (next to the Shockwave or Flash icon). You must name the movie
to control it with the Control Shockwave or Flash action.
3
Select the item you want to use to control the Shockwave or Flash movie. For
example, if you have an image of a “Play” button that will be used to make the
movie play, select that image.
4
Open the Behaviors panel (Window > Behaviors).
5
Click the Plus (+) button and choose Control Shockwave or Flash from the
Actions pop-up menu.
A parameters dialog box appears.
6
Choose a movie from the Movie pop-up menu.
Dreamweaver automatically lists the names of all Shockwave and Flash movies
in the current document. (Specifically, Dreamweaver lists movies with file
names ending in .dcr, .dir, .swf, or .spl that are in
object
or
embed
tags.)
7
Choose to play, stop, rewind, or go to a frame in the movie. The Play option
plays the movie starting from the frame where the action occurs.
8
Click OK.
9
Check that the default event is the one you want.
If it isn’t, choose another event from the pop-up menu. If the events you want
are not listed, change the target browser in the Show Events For submenu of
the Events pop-up menu.